Other Titles • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972) • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were • Was Sie schon immer über Sex wissen wollten, aber bisher nicht (1973)
Synopses for Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972)
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A side-splitting send-up in the form of seven humorous sketches of the human sex drive and the absurd behavior it can lead to in which an average middle-aged Jewish man sneaks upstairs to try on a dinner hostess's dresses, Wilder falls gradually in love with a sheep, and Allen's girlfriend can only reach satisfaction by having sex in public places, all of which lead to disastrous embarrassments for all concerned. A true comedy masterpiece based loosely on the book by Dr. David Reuben.
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Woody Allen pushes the frontier of comedy by consolidating his madcap sensibility and wickedly funny irreverence with his developing penchant for visually arresting humor. Giving complete indulgence to the zany eccentricity of his medium, Allen reveals himself as a filmmaker of “wit, sophistication, and comic insight.” - Cue
Allen rises to the occasion with several hysterical vignettes that probe sexuality's stickiest issues! Aphrodisiacs prove effective for a court jester (Allen) who finds the key to the Queen's (Lynn Redgrave) heart – but learns that the key to her chastity belt might be more useful. Unnatural acts get wild and woolly when the good doctor (Gene Wilder) falls for a fickle sheep. Jack Barry gives fetishism 20 questions on a wacky TV show called What's My Perversion? Sex research goes under the microscope when a mad scientist (John Carradine) unleashes a monstrous, marauding breast. And the absurdity comes to a frenzied climax with Tony Randall, Burt Reynolds and Allen as sperm…having second thoughts about ejaculation!
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A collection of vignettes, loosely based on the book by Dr. David Rueben, written and directed by Woody Allen, Everything contains some very funny moments. It's easy to forget that the cerebral Allen excelled at the type of broad, Catskill, dirty jokes and visual gags that run amok here. It's also remarkable how dirty this 1972 movie really was--bestiality, exposure, perversion and S&M get their moments to shine. The Woody Allen here, who appears in many of the sketches, is a portent of the seedy old Allen of Deconstructing Harry. Although the final bit, which takes place inside a man's body during a very hot date, is hilarious, most of Everything feels like the screen adaptation of a 70's bathroom joke book. Still, a must for Allen fans. --Keith Simanton
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